health shock that affected predominantly old-age mortality; i.e., the fourth stage of the epidemiological transition. Using a … differences-in-differences estimation strategy, we find that U.S. states with higher levels of cardiovascular-disease mortality …

categories and estimate a zip codes fixed-effects regression models on the following AMI outcomes: time-specific mortality rates …, age, and probability of PTCA on the day of admission. We find a small increase in 30-day to 1-year mortality rates among …-term mortality rates, a shift to younger ages (suggesting that the older ones die en route) and a higher probability of immediate …

- the in-hospital mortality rate of insured heart attack patients. I employ panel data models using patient discharge and … significant effect that increases the mortality rate of insured heart attack patients. I show that these results are not driven by …. -- uninsurance ; spillovers ; heart attack mortality ; hospitals …